Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Rock of My Soul , by - Rodney Crowell. Release date: 12.02.2007
Song language: English
The Rock of My Soul |
| The rock of my soul went to church on Sunday |
| The rock of my soul went to work on Monday |
| Clean across the levee by the railroad tracks |
| The other side of Houston in a two-room shack |
| Sweepin' out confetti from a third grade classroom |
| The rock of my soul pushed a dust mop broom |
| The rock of my soul didn’t have much luck |
| He came to town a-grinnin' on a flat bed truck |
| The rock of my soul didn’t have much charm |
| Ah with the lack of education on a red dirt farm |
| And he was fond of disappearing on an eight day drunk |
| Coming home smelling like a lowdown skunk |
| And he said… |
| Do like I say, not like I do and you might make me proud |
| Another Houston kid on a downhill skid for crying out loud |
| I’m a first hand witness to an age-old crime |
| A man who hits a woman isn’t worth a dime |
| 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 years old |
| That’s what I remember 'bout the rock of my soul |
| I told him I would kill him if he did not stop it But the rock of my soul just would not drop it I learned to lie like dirt I could steal your shirt and talk with a gun |
| Another Houston kid on a downhill skid like father like son |
| Now I got out of prison 'bout a year ago |
| Seven long years really went by slow |
| I didn’t kill my daddy but my momma tried |
| Ah she shot him with a pistol and he like to a-died |
| I’m on probation living straight and true |
| And there’s every indication that the past is through |
| That’s all I know about the rock of my soul. |